First day of summer

It's my first day of summer... my first day after my first year of teaching.

Overall, I'm pretty content with my first year of teaching. I made plenty of mistakes, but this also means that I learned plenty of things and am not short in goals for next year! I get a little sleepier when I think of the exhaustion of this past year and how I am doomed to repeat some things, but I'm also determined to make the best of it all.

There were so many people that helped me get to where I am on this journey--from my own great high school English teachers to the department heads and principal at my school. I love what I do, and I couldn't do it without the support I get--from my best friend, from my parents, from my boyfriend, from my students.

(And they were still asking me if I teach sophomore English--some goofballs have it in their head that it won't be so bad to have me as a teacher again--I have a handful who said they'd be interested in taking the junior/senior elective I teach.)

It was a good year.